Talk: Quantum Computation for the Discovery of New Materials and and Chemistry

In this talk, Jarrod McClean starts from the ground up and explain what quantum computation is, and what it is not. This leads to a discussion of why now is the right time to be thinking about this new technology and some of the recent developments that have been made, laying the groundwork for the future of this computing model. Jarrod then argues that some of the first applications of this technology will be in the discovery of new materials and chemistry, and describes recent research efforts in this regard. These include implementations of new algorithms on real quantum devices.

Published

05 Jul, 2017

Duration

58 mins

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Jarrod Mcclean

Jarrod McClean recieved his PhD in Chemical Physics from Harvard University where he studied as a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow. His thesis research involved the interface between quantum computation, quantum chemistry, and numerical algorithms.